Ever eaten rotten food not intentionaly? Yuck, I did

I just bit into a date and it was filled with black powder! I've been eating dates for years and this never happened before! But this was the first time I didn't put them in the fridge. I just bought them also. Does anybody have similar stories to share?

I've met a few bad dates; though I open them first to take out the pit and have a look. I once found bugs in a date. And a frighteningly spiky (dead) worm-like thing sticking out of a dried fig [shudder].

I suspect the black stuff in dates is mold, and it's probably best not to eat it, though I haven't had it analyzed . . .

vmaxfield ~ depends on what kind of dates you are buying. Dried dates are ok in the cupboard. Where were they in the store when you bought them? Shelf? then you are ok. Refridgerated section? Needs to stay in the fridge, as they are likely "fresh". If you ordered them online, I am betting they are "fresh", and should be refrigerated- ask the folks you bought them from.

valgal123 & joannabanana Was it a granular looking powder, or fluffy? I have never seen mold in a date, but if it was fluffy, then I am with ambiguous: might be mold. But if it were granular-- I've seen this a few times, not just in dates but some dried fruit as well (and in my recent order of apricots, unfortunately.) Hate to say it, but I think that is ... ehem... bug waste.

Happens to me quite often, almost in every lets say 500grams I find 1 black date, also happens to me rarely with dried figs, yea it doesn't taste bad but I don't wanna take my chances and I usually throw them..

i have a question about dates - the ones that the company Dole sells in the bags are they okay to eat? Are they considered raw? My mom saw them in the store the other day and it got me curious. Thanks :)

Once my sister and I had a bunch of people over for a party-- we cut into a beautiful red pepper and a full-grown moth flew out! There must have been a tiny hole into which a mother laid eggs. This poor caterpillar spent its whole life enclosed in a dark pepper. The coccoon was inside.

Once my sister and I had a bunch of people over for a party-- we cut into a beautiful red pepper and a full-grown moth flew out! There must have been a tiny hole into which a mother laid eggs. This poor caterpillar spent its whole life enclosed in a dark pepper. The coccoon was inside.

"Once my sister and I had a bunch of people over for a party-- we cut into a beautiful red pepper and a full-grown moth flew out! There must have been a tiny hole into which a mother laid eggs. This poor caterpillar spent its whole life enclosed in a dark pepper. The coccoon was inside."

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